KR101687107B1

KR101687107B1 - Media deposition apparatus

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Publication number: KR101687107B1
Application number: KR1020150098087A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김도완; 김지호
Original assignee: 주식회사 엘지씨엔에스
Priority date: 2015-07-10
Filing date: 2015-07-10
Publication date: 2016-12-28

Abstract

The present invention relates to a media receiving apparatus which assists a media receiving unit of a banking machine to store a great volume of media. The media receiving apparatus of the present invention includes: a media receiving box separately installed in the receiving unit of the banking machine and having the great volume of media stacked therein; and a stack holding unit maintaining the stacked state of the media stacked in the media receiving box.

Description

[0001] MEDIA DEPOSITION APPARATUS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a media storage apparatus for easily storing a large amount of media in a storage unit of a financial instrument.

Financial instruments are automation devices that can provide basic financial services such as deposits or withdrawals without regard to time and place and without bank staff in relation to financial services. Such financial instruments may withdraw or withdraw media (e.g., banknotes, checks, securities, gift certificates, etc.), or automatically transfer media.

Recently, in order to improve the efficiency of business inside the financial institution as well as the automated teller machine (ATM) for the customers using the financial institution, a financial staff or a teller Teller Cash Recycler (TCR) has been introduced.

Such financial instruments include a media access and deposit module (CAM) for depositing, withdrawing, and supplementing media.

However, in the case of financial instruments such as a conventional financial automation device and a bank account, a quantity of media that can be loaded into the media deposit / withdrawal module is limited, and therefore, in order to store a large amount of media, The storage operation is very slow and troublesome.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1988-0005545 (June 29, 1988)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a media storage device capable of easily storing a large amount of media at one time in a storage section of a financial instrument such as a banknote dispenser or the like .

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention,

A medium storage box detachably mounted on a storage portion of a financial instrument and having a large amount of medium loaded therein; And

And a stack holding unit for maintaining the stacking state of the media loaded in the medium storage box.

And the medium storage box has a discharge opening through which the medium loaded therein is discharged.

Wherein the opening and closing unit has a shutter that opens and closes the discharge opening of the medium storage box, and the shutter is configured to open and close the discharge opening of the medium storage box, And the discharge opening is opened and closed.

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily store a large amount of the medium at one time in the housing portion of the financial apparatus by detachably mounting the medium storage box on which a large amount of media is loaded to the housing portion of the financial instrument, There is an advantage that it is easier to store a large amount of medium by keeping the stacking state very stably by the stacking unit.

1 is a perspective view showing a state before a media storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a storage portion of a financial instrument.
2 is a perspective view showing the interior of the media storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, omitting the cover thereof.
3 is a plan view showing a media storage device according to the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in Fig.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in Fig.
6 is a front view showing a media storage device according to the present invention.
7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC in Fig.
8 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the media storage device according to the present invention is separated from the storage portion of the banking machine or before the banknote storage portion of the banking machine is separated, .
FIG. 9 is a side sectional view showing a state in which the medium storage device according to the present invention is mounted on a storage portion of a financial instrument, and shows a state in which the discharge opening of the medium storage box is opened by a shutter.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive.

In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, Quot; may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected. &Quot;

The present invention is not limited thereto but may be applied to a wide variety of financial instruments such as a cash dispenser (CD) and a cash recycling device, for example, as an example of a financial instrument disclosed in the present invention. It will be possible.

Various kinds of media such as banknotes, securities (including check), bills, coins, vouchers, etc. are obtained as media and processes such as deposit processing, storage of gardens, exchange of vouchers and / And the like. Examples of such financial instruments are: However, the financial instrument is not limited to the above-described example, and may be various devices for automating the financial business such as FIS (Financial Information System).

However, the financial instrument is not limited to the above-described example, and may be various devices for automating the financial business such as FIS (Financial Information System).

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described on the assumption that the financial instrument is a financial automatic instrument. However, this assumption is only for convenience of explanation, and the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to the financial automation equipment.

A financial device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body having a plurality of parts built therein. The main body may include a media input / output unit for media input / output.

The media input / output unit may include a media processing space accessible by a customer. And a media storage space accessible by a customer, wherein the storage space can be opened and closed by a closure member such as a shutter or a cover, and sometimes can be kept open without being opened and closed.

The media input / output unit may serve as a common input / output unit through which a plurality of types of media can be input and output. The media can be input into the media input / output unit in a bundle unit including a single sheet. Further, the medium may be emitted to the media entry / exit unit in bundle units.

Further, depending on the type of the financial instrument, it may further include a passbook entry / exit section for entering / leaving the passbook and a card entry / exit section for entering / leaving the card. In the present invention, the passbook entry / exit unit or the card entry / exit unit may be referred to as a customer information acquiring unit for acquiring customer information. In the present invention, there is no limitation on the type of the customer information acquiring unit, and it is also possible to acquire the information recorded in the RFID tag or the USB, or acquire customer information using a fingerprint or the like.

The financial device may further include a user interface unit for displaying a menu and information for depositing or withdrawing money, and for inputting or selecting a command or information for depositing or withdrawing money.

The main body may include a medium processing apparatus for processing the medium. The medium processing apparatus processes a medium such that a medium such as a bill or a check is input and discharged through the medium entry and exit unit so that the financial instrument can perform the deposit and withdrawal transaction. Such a media processing apparatus includes a media input / output unit. The media processing unit recognizes the media input through the media input / output unit and stores the media in the media storage box so as to enable the deposit transaction or recognize the media stored in the media storage unit. .

In the present invention, a media storage device capable of collectively processing a large amount of media at a time when depositing or withdrawing a medium through a media input / output unit is implemented. Hereinafter, such a media storage apparatus will be described in detail.

1 to 9 show a media storage apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 9, a media storage device according to the present invention includes a medium storage box 11 capable of loading a large amount of media, a load holding unit 30 for holding the loading status of the media in the medium storage box 11 , a stack holding unit

As shown in Fig. 2, the medium storage box 11 is formed in the form of a box in which one side thereof is opened, and a loading space 11a in which a large amount of medium can be sufficiently loaded is provided therein.

A handle 13 is rotatably provided on the upper surface of the medium storage box 11 and the handling of the medium storage box 11 can be simplified by the handle 13. [

The medium storage box 11 can be detachably mounted on the storage unit 3 of the financial instrument and the storage unit 3 is provided with a loading plate 3a on which the medium is loaded and a loading plate 3a on both left and right sides of the loading plate 3a And has a pair of alignment guides 3b and 3c.

Particularly, since the height and the width of the medium storage box 11 are formed to be larger than the storage portion 3, the quantity of the medium that can be loaded on the medium storage box 11 can be made larger than the quantity of the medium that can be loaded on the storage portion 3 have.

As shown in Figs. 1, 8 and 9, a medium separating section 5 for separating and discharging the medium stored in the medium storage box 11 adjacent to the storage section 3 is provided. The medium separating section 5 has a pickup roller 5a, a feed roller 5b, a separation roller 5c, and the like.

As shown in Fig. 2, one or more avoidance openings 11b are formed on the bottom surface of the medium storage box 11. 9, when the medium storage box 11 is mounted in the storage unit 3 of the financial instrument, the pickup roller 11a of the medium separation unit 5 is inserted into the avoidance opening 11b of the medium storage box 11 The pickup roller 5a of the medium separating section 5 can be brought into contact with the medium loaded in the medium storage box 11 so that the pickup of the medium by the pickup roller 5a is performed , The medium picked up by the pickup roller 5a can be discharged by the feed roller 5b and the separation roller 5c and smoothly conveyed toward the financial instrument side.

In short, the avoidance opening 11b is configured to facilitate the pickup of the medium by the pickup roller 5a by bringing the pickup roller 5a of the medium separating section 5 into contact with the medium loaded in the medium storage box 11 to be.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a separate separation structure for discharging the medium stored in the medium storage box 11 through the avoidance opening 11b of the medium storage box 11, The media separating unit 5 can be used.

The avoidance opening 11b may be opened or closed by a separate covering member (not shown), or the covering member may open the avoiding opening 11b when the medium accommodating box 11 is mounted on the accommodating portion 3 And the blocking member can lock or unlock the closed state of the avoiding opening 11b by a separate locking mechanism (not shown).

One open side (the front side in Fig. 2) of the medium storage box 11 can be opened and closed by the cover 12 as shown in Fig. More specifically, the cover 12 is rotatably hinged to the medium storage box 11, and one side of the medium storage box 11 can be opened and closed by the opening / closing operation of the cover 12, A large amount of medium can be easily loaded in the loading space 11a of the medium storage box 11 as one side of the medium storage box 11 is opened by the opening operation of the medium storage box 12. [ In addition, the cover 12 can lock or unlock the closed state of the medium storage box 11 by the locking device 14. [

8 and 9, a discharge opening 17 is formed at the lower end of the other side of the medium storage box 11, and the discharge opening 17 is connected to the medium storage box 11 , And the medium in the medium storage box 11 can be discharged to the financial instrument through the discharge opening 17. [0033] As shown in FIG.

2, a pair of side alignment portions 16a for aligning the side edges of the media loaded in the loading space 11a are symmetrically provided on the right and left inner side surfaces of the medium storage box 11, The aligning portion 16a may have a structure extending along the longitudinal direction of the media storage box 11. [

9, a front aligning portion 16b for aligning the front side edges of the media loaded in the loading space 11a of the medium storage box 11 is formed on the inner side surface of the cover 12. As shown in Fig. The front aligning portion 16b may have a structure extending along the longitudinal direction of the media storage box 11.

2, 4, and 5, a plurality of rear alignment protrusions (not shown) for aligning the rear side edges of the media loaded in the loading space 11a are formed on the other side inner side (rear wall) of the medium storage box 11 16c are formed. Each of the rear alignment protrusions 16c may have a structure extending along the longitudinal direction of the media storage box 11.

Further, the present invention may further include an opening / closing unit 20 for opening / closing the discharge opening 17 of the medium storage box 11.

According to one embodiment, the opening and closing unit 20 includes a shutter 21 for opening and closing the discharge opening 17 of the medium storage box 11, as shown in Figs.

The shutter 21 is provided so as to be vertically movable from the other side of the medium storage box 11 so as to open and close the discharge opening 17. [

Particularly, the shutter 21 can be moved up and down as the medium storage box 11 is attached to or detached from the storage unit 3 of the financial instrument. When the shutter 21 is moved up and down, . 9, the shutter 21 opens the discharge opening 17, and when the medium storage box 11 is opened in the storage section 3 of the financial instrument, , The shutter 21 can close the discharge opening 17 as shown in FIG.

The shutter 21 has one or more operating arms 23 as shown in Figure 2 and the operating arms 23 are arranged such that when the media storage box 11 is mounted on the receiving portion 3 of the financial instrument, 9). When the medium storage box 11 is separated from the storage unit 3 of the financial apparatus, the downward movement of the shutter 21 is induced (refer to FIG. 8). In other words, when the medium storage box 11 is mounted on the storage unit 3 of the financial instrument, the shutter 21 moves upward to open the discharge opening 17 and the medium storage box 11 is opened to the storage unit 3 The shutter 21 can be moved downward to close the discharge opening 17.

4, the shutter 21 has a pair of operating arms 23 symmetrically on both the left and right sides thereof, so that the uniformity and stability of the vertical movement of the shutter 21 can be greatly widened .

On the other hand, the operation arm 23 is installed to be returned to the original position by the return spring 27 from both the right and left sides of the medium storage box 11, and one end of the return spring 27 is supported on the upper end of the operation arm 23 And the other end thereof is supported by the support protrusion 11d of the medium storage box 11, so that the operation arm 23 can be easily returned to the home position.

Operational slots 22 are formed in the right and left side walls of the media storage box 11 corresponding to the operating arms 23 of the shutter 21 and the operating arms 23 are disposed in the operating slots 22 of the media storage box 11, And the operation protrusion 25 is movably disposed within the operation slot 22 of the media storage box 11. The operation protrusion 25 protrudes laterally in correspondence with the operation protrusion 25,

A rotation member 28 such as a cylindrical bushing or a bearing is rotatably mounted on the operation arm 23 and a mounting projection 28a is formed adjacent to the operation projection 25. The mounting projection 28a, A rolling member 28 is rotatably mounted. As the rolling member 28 comes into rolling contact with the wall surface of the working slot 22, the up-down movement of the operating arm 23 can be made more stable and smooth.

An operation guide 24 is formed on the alignment guides 3b and 3c of the storage portion 3 on which the medium storage box 11 is mounted. When the medium storage box 11 is mounted on the storage portion 3, And the operation guide 24 is configured to push the operation protrusion 25 or the rolling member 28 of the operation arm 23 upward. Thus, when the medium storage box 11 is mounted on the storage portion 3, the operation guide 24 of the storage portion 3 presses the operation projection 25 or the rolling member 28 upward, Can move upwards, and the shutter 21 can open the discharge opening 17.

On the other hand, a separate locking device for the shutter 21 may be provided to arbitrarily open the shutter 21 to prevent access to the medium when the medium storage box 11 is moved. In the case where such a shutter locking device is provided , The shutter locking device is released in advance before mounting the medium storage box 11 on the storage portion 3, and then mounted on the storage portion. The shutter locking device may be used in common with the locking device 14 of the cover 12 described above. For example, when the cover 12 is locked, it is turned clockwise, and when the shutter 21 is locked, it can be turned counterclockwise.

More specifically, the operation slot 22 of the medium storage box 11 is inserted into the accommodating portion 3 of the banknote storage unit 3, The operation guide 24 is moved in the downward direction while being fitted to the operation guide 24 so that the operation protrusion 25 or the rolling member 28 of the operation arm 23 located in the operation slot 22 So that the operation arm 23 and the shutter 21 are moved upward together to open the discharge opening 17.

9, the discharge opening 17 of the medium storage box 11 is separated from the feed roller 5b of the medium separating portion 5 and the separating portion 5b of the medium separating portion 5, And is located adjacent to the roller 5c. When the shutter 21 is moved upward and the discharge opening 17 of the medium storage box 11 is opened, the medium picked up by the pickup roller 5a of the medium separating portion 5 in the unit of one sheet is discharged to the discharge opening 17 and between the feed roller 5b and the separation roller 5c.

8, when the media storage box 11 is separated from the storage unit 3 of the financial instrument, the operation protrusion 25 and the operation guide 24 of the storage unit 3 are spaced apart from each other, The return spring 27 pushes the operating projection 25 downward by releasing the pressing of the operating guide 24 with respect to the operating projection 25 or the rolling member 28 located in the operating arm 23, Returning to the home position, the shutter 21 is moved downward to close the discharge opening 17.

The shutter 21 has a plurality of fitting grooves 21c into which a plurality of rear alignment protrusions 16c are individually fitted. When the shutter 21 is moved up and down by the fitting recesses 21c, The interference with the antenna 16c and the like can be effectively prevented. In addition, the fitting groove 21c of the shutter 21 has a certain depth, so that upward movement of the shutter 21 can be properly regulated.

The stack holding unit 30 is configured to stably maintain the loaded state of the media in the loading space 11a of the media storage box 11. [

5 and 7, the load holding unit 30 includes a pressing member 31 and a pressing member 31 for pressing a large amount of the medium loaded in the loading space 11a of the medium storage box 11 And an elastic member 33 for applying an elastic force to keep the pressing force constant.

The pressing member 31 is configured to stably maintain the loading state of the media by pressing a large amount of the medium loaded in the loading space 11a of the medium storage box 11. [

5, a pair of guide blocks 32 are symmetrically provided at both ends of the pressing member 31, and a pair of guide blocks 32 are provided symmetrically on both ends of the pressing member 31, A pair of guide shafts 35 extend in the longitudinal direction inside the opposite ends of the guide shaft 11. Accordingly, as the guide blocks 32 move along the guide shafts 35, the upward and downward movement of the pressing members 31 is precisely guided, so that media can be pressed very smoothly.

The elastic member 33 is configured to apply an elastic force to the pressing member 31 to keep the pressing force of the pressing member 31 constant.

According to one embodiment, as shown in Fig. 7, the elastic member 33 is made of a coil spring structure.

One end 33a of the elastic member 33 is fixed to the inner wall of the medium storage box 11 and the other end 33b of the elastic member 33 is fixed to the guide block 32 of the pressing member 31 A supporting roller 34 is rotatably mounted on the inner wall of the medium storage box 11 and the elastic member 33 is supported over the outer peripheral surface of the supporting roller 34. [

The elastic member 33 is stretched over the outer circumferential surface of the support roller 34 in a state in which both end portions 33a and 33b of the elastic member 33 are fixed to the side of the media storage box 11 and the pressing member 31, The elastic member 33 can sufficiently apply a downward elastic force to the pressing member 31 so that the pressing member 31 presses the loaded media with a sufficient pressing force so that the loading state of the media is effectively fixed .

On the other hand, a separate locking mechanism (not shown) for fixing the position of the pressing member 31 when the medium is loaded into the medium storage box 11 may be provided. This is because the urging member 31 is elastically urged downward by the elastic member 33 so that when the user intends to load the medium in the medium storage box 11, the medium is loaded while pushing the urging member 31 upward Therefore, there may be inconveniences in its use. Therefore, when the medium is to be loaded in the medium storage box 11, the loading operation of the medium can be performed more easily by fixing the position of the pressing member 31 at a fixed position by the locking mechanism. After the loading of the medium is finished, the loading state of the medium can be maintained by the pressing force of the pressing member 31 by releasing the locking mechanism.

The medium storage device 10 according to the present invention structured as described above is not limited to the stacking height of the storage part 3 of the financial instrument so as to be removably mounted on the storage part 3 of the financial instrument, There is an advantage that it can be stored quickly and easily.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. Furthermore, the terms "comprises", "comprising", or "having" described above mean that a component can be implanted unless otherwise specifically stated, But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

3: storage part 3a: stacking plate
3b, 3c: Alignment guide 11: Media holder
12: Cover 14: Locking device
16a: side aligning portion 16b: front aligning portion
16c: rear aligning projection 17:
20: opening / closing unit 21: shutter
21c: fitting groove 22: operation slot
23: Operation arm 24: Operation guide
25: operation protrusion 28: rolling member
28a: mounting projection 30: load holding unit
31: pressing member 32: guide block
33: elastic member 33a: one end of the elastic member
33b: the other end of the elastic member 34:
35: Guide shaft

Claims

A medium storage box detachably mounted on a storage portion of a financial instrument including a medium separation portion and loaded with a large amount of medium therein; And
And a stack holding unit for maintaining a stacked state of the media loaded in the medium storage box.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medium storage box has a discharge opening through which the medium loaded therein is discharged.

The method of claim 2,
Further comprising an opening / closing unit for opening / closing the discharge opening of the medium storage box,
Wherein the opening / closing unit has a shutter which opens and closes the discharge opening of the medium storage box, and the shutter opens and closes the discharge opening as the medium storage box is mounted on or removed from the storage part.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the medium accommodated in the medium storage box is ejected by the medium separation section of the storage section in a state where the medium storage box is mounted on the storage section.

The method of claim 4,
Wherein the medium storage box has a clearance opening for contacting the medium stored in the medium storage portion when the medium storage portion is mounted on the storage portion.

The method of claim 5,
A shielding member for opening and closing the evasion opening; And
Further comprising a locking mechanism for locking the shielding member in a state in which the avoiding opening is closed.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a quantity of the medium which can be loaded in the medium storage box is larger than a quantity of the medium which can be loaded in the storage compartment.

The method of claim 3,
And the shutter closes the discharge opening when the medium storage box is mounted on the storage portion of the financial instrument and the shutter closes the discharge opening when the medium storage box is separated from the storage portion of the financial instrument. Lt; / RTI >

The method of claim 8,
Wherein the shutter has an operation arm for guiding the upward movement of the shutter when the media storage box is mounted on the storage unit of the financial instrument and when the media storage box is separated from the storage unit of the financial instrument, And to move the recording medium.

The method of claim 9,
Wherein the operation arm is installed to be returned to the home position by a return spring, one end of the return spring is supported on the upper end of the operation arm, and the other end of the return spring is supported on the medium housing. .

The method of claim 10,
Wherein the media storage box has an operation slot corresponding to an operation arm of the shutter, the operation arm has an operation projection projecting laterally corresponding to an operation slot of the media storage box, Wherein the first guide member is movably disposed within the guide member.

The method of claim 11,
Wherein the operating arm is rotatably provided with a rolling member in rolling contact with a wall surface of the operating slot.

The method of claim 12,
Wherein the operation guide is fitted to the operation slot of the media storage box when the media storage box is mounted on the storage unit of the financial instrument, And pushing the operation arm upwardly.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stacking holding unit includes a pressing member for pressing a large amount of the medium loaded in the medium storage box and an elastic member for applying an elastic force to keep the pressing force of the pressing member constant.

15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the pressing member has a guide block, a guide shaft extends in the longitudinal direction inside the medium storage box, and the guide block moves along the guide shaft.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein one end of the elastic member is fixed to an inner wall of the medium storage box and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to a guide block of the pressing member, Wherein a support roller on which the elastic member is suspended is rotatably installed.

A receiving portion provided with a media separating portion for separating the medium;
A media cassette for receiving media;
A recognition unit recognizing that the medium is loaded in the storage unit;
A transporting unit for transporting the medium from the storage unit to the media cassette; And
And a medium accommodating unit mounted on the accommodating unit and having a large amount of medium loaded therein,
Wherein the medium stored in the medium storage box is separated by the medium separation section and conveyed to the medium cassette in a state where the medium storage box is mounted on the storage section.